Allium stellatum

Prairie Onion

Here at the nursery, we thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated this native allium during the hot, dry summer. Similar to its cousin, A. cernuum with its slender, grasslike leaves, A. stellatum has darker rose-pink flower clusters that grow more upright and erect, blooming in the hottest months of summer.

A stellatum is edible but the strong flavor makes it unpalatable to deer and rabbits. Excellent for agreeable naturalizing via self-seeding and bulb offsets. Bumble bees, skippers and other native pollinators regularly visit the flowers for the nectar. At home in any sunny, dry border or garden where there is no competition from fast growing native grasses. Exceptionally drought tolerant.

Full-part sun. Height 1-1.5′. Spread 6-12″. Zones 3-8.

2.5″ pot